is at the epicenter of the covid fight, located in a low-income, under-resourced community in south los angeles i'm worried that we could see theelves in a situation like new york, where the healthcare overwhelmed, and when, and when that hap that happens, painters start dying. >> reporter: why don't you just ship patients elsewhere? >> there is nowhere to ship patients when every hospital is at capacity. ting room,r: so they put more beds in the e.r. waiting room, and even the hospital gift shop. you're putting e.r. beds in the gift shop. how much worse could it get? >> well, we've got four tents out front as well, so we're using every space we can find. >> reporter: many of the people who live in this community are essential workers-- grocery store clerks, bus drivers, people who have contact with lots of other people. the positivity rate of 25% at this testing site is double what it is for the rest of the county. and that means one out of every four people in line here is likely infected with covid-19. norah. >> o'donnell: carter evans, thank you. well, tonight, last-minute demands from a sm

i can't help but mention that i'm also starting 'd a new nonprofit music school in watts in south los angeles kind of right in the middle of all the projects there and very excited about that to really love that community and excited to start a music school there and means everything to me so thank you for mentioning that. play on it call the one down in watts 4 the watts tower. tower records what's tower records but i mean we're hearing all the that's what i whenever i think of a lot so i think of the iconic towers that they're now fully 20 years that's a great run by the you must at the beginning when you start these things it's tough to push them out of harbor but 20 years what a legacy man how many kids have gone through the conservatory over the decades thousands sauza mz of kids you know it's mostly at an after school activity it's not a conservatory in the traditional sense anyone can go you don't need to audition or anything. and it says it's been a place like you know a real social hub for kids and a lot of kids have gone through and gone on to go to great you know. you know juilliar

a surge of cases are overwhelming california hospitals, it's so bad in this one hospital in south los angeles that the gift shop has become a parking lot furnish of gurneys. the ceo of that hospital joins me. >>> plus we got an update from nashville, including what is investigators say was key in identifying the bomber. you're watching cnn. i'm brooke balance wdwin. we'll be right back. welcome, today's discussion will be around sliced meat. moms want healthy... and affordable. land o' frost premium!!! no added hormones either. it's the only protein i've really melted with. land o' frost premium. fresh look. same great taste. i guess i look pretty... ridiculous. [ chuckles ] no one looks ridiculous, bob. progressive is always here for you with round-the-clock service. just so you know, next time, you can submit a claim with our mobile app. good. thanks again for -- for rushing over. are you kidding? this is what 24/7 protection looks like. okay. -you smell like fish. -sorry. i was talking to jamie. to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't. [grunting noise] i'll take t

> one thing i can say is some of our greatest talent in the world has come from this area in south los angelesunfortunately there st a very high percentage of the population who don't have insurance. also, there's a large part of the population who are undocumented. >> so when it comes to covid, that sounds like a recipe for disaster. you know, when the virus hit, it seemed like the traditional way to reach those black and latino universities weren't working. you have another title, director of street medicine covid-19 testing. you've been going out into the community to talk to folks about the coronavirus getting he test and had so on. and tell me more about why so many african-american latinos are skeptical about testing and how you were able to turn that around. >> in the beginning was the misinformation and also the visuals of a procedure that appeared very painful and very scary. and that's, of course, the nasal pharyngeal swab going to what people said was their brain. but it wasn't that. we were fortunate to work with organizations and laboratories that offered testing so we were able t

one thing i can say that some of our greatest talent in the world has come from this area in south los angelesther thing is, unfortunately, there is a very high poverty rate. we have the highest rates of homicide, unfortunately. the highest rates of diabetes and complications of diabetes. and also high blood pressure. and there's a very large percentage of the population who don't have insurance and also, there's a large part of the population who are undocumented. >> so, when it comes to covid, that sounds like a recipe for disaster. you know, when the virus hit it seemed like the traditional ways to reach those black and latino communities about testing and health care weren't working. so, in addition to being a professor, you have another title director of street medicine covid-19 testing. you've actually been going out into the community to talk to folks about coronavirus, getting tested and so on, and it worked. i think you had one of the business set of testing sites in l.a. county. tell me more about why so many african-american and latinos are skeptical about covid and testing. and how

john's, a chain of clinics in south los angeles serving low-income communities. >> jim mangia: we wereugh p.p.e. to last us through the week. >> stahl: jim mangia is the c.e.o. of st. john's. when the pandemic hit, his staff scoured the internet to find p.p.e. states and giant hospital chains kept outbidding them, so they were relieved to discover blue flame medical. mangia never heard of them, but on april 2, he placed a p.p.e. order for nearly $180,000. >> mangia: and then they come back and they say, "oh, there's a kink in the supply chain. it'll be a few more days." "it'll be a few more days." "it'll be a few more days." and then, at the end of april, they basically said, "we-- we're not going to be able to deliver. the only thing we can deliver is gloves." and, "you're out of luck." >> stahl: the deal's finished. >> mangia: the deal is done. >> stahl: a lot of these smaller entities were left high and dry. >> thomas: the ones that wanted to be patient got their product. the ones that didn't want to be patient got a refund. there's nothing more i can do than that. >> stahl: but it

from akron to arkansas, from bronx to brownsville, from a sioux nation to south central los angeles can dream without limits and make her dreams come true. i have no delusions about the difficulty of making that vision real. we are here to get hard stuff done. our top priorities will be to help end the pandemic and revitalize the economy so that it delivers for all. to bring dignity and humanity to our broken immigration system. to advance racial equity, justice, and civil rights for all. to ensure that health care is , andsible and affordable to educate and train americans to compete and thrive in the 21st century. i have found -- i per family profoundly believe we are all tied together. absolutely all of us. mr. president-elect, madame vice president elect, i promise you i would ever -- i will do everything i can to help this country i love to build back better, to make our government deliver for all americans and working families, and to bring the american dream far closer to reality for all. thank you very much. >> good afternoon. over these past few days and weeks, we have announce

los angeles international airport. christina coleman has more. >> this mysterious jet man has finally been caught on camera. this appears to show a guy with a jetpack soaring 300 feet over the ocean souththe pilots was on an instructional flight when she recorded the video. she said it was odd and shocking to see this flying figure zooming around the sky. >> the closer we got, just the more and more it looked like a jetpack man. so i instantly -- i was like no way! i grabbed my phone and started videotaping. it was actually hard to see which direction. we could kind of see which direction it was going. >> it's unclear if this is the jetpack man. he whizzed around lax in august and october. the flight school says this image could be a drone or some other object. the faa will reach out to the flight school to look into the video. the fbi and faa have been investigating possible sighting of jetpack man for several months now. alicia? >> looked cloudy out there. hopefully they don't do it again. thanks. thanks for joining us. i'm alicia acuna. eric shawn is next. >> eric: hello. i'm eric shawn in for bill hemmer. joe biden set to receive a national security briefing. what he can expect on

every child from akron to arkansas, from the bronx to brownsville, from the sioux nation to south central los angeles can dream without limits and make their dreams come true. i have no illusions about the difficulty of making that vision real, but we are here to get hard stuff done. our top priorities will be to help end the pandemic and revitalize the economy so that it delivers for all, to bring dignity and humanity to our broken immigration system, to advance civil rights for all. to ensure health care is accessible and affordable and to educate and train americans to compete and thrive in the 21st century. i profoundly believe that we all rise or fall together, absolutely all of us. mr. president-elect, madam vice-president elect, i promise you i will do everything i can to help this country i love to build back better, to make our government deliver for all americans and for working families and to bring the american dream far closer to reality for all. thank you very much. >> good afternoon. over these past few days and weeks we have announced members of our administration who will help us mee

a federal grand jury down south in los angeles said that he was negligent when the fire broke out aboardon over labor day weekend. he and four crew members escaped after he made a mayday call. and ntsb investigation faulted the boat owners for the lack of oversight, but they were not charged with any crime. all 33 passengers and one crew member who had been sleeping, died in the fire. many of the victims were from the bay area. >>> san francisco is one step closer to make it more difficult to smoke in condos and apartment buildings luminary meeting, they approved a ban on smoking in apartments and condos. the original proposal included marijuana restrictions as well, but that was removed, after some opposition. repeat violators could be fined $1000 per day. >>> still to come this noon time, it is a unique concept being used to build homes here in the bay area. how one company is hoping to speed up construction. >>> and if you're looking through the telescope trying to find some rain, you might have to look a little bit further, because it is going to be sometime before we get the precipi

every child, from akron to arkansas, from the bronx to brownsville, from the sioux nation to south central los angeles, can dream without limits and make her dreams come true. i have no illusions about the difficulty of making that vision real. but we are here to get hard stuff done. our top priorities will be to help end the pandemic and revitalize the economy so that it delivers for all. to bring dignity and humanity to our broken immigration system. to advance racial equity, justice and civil rights for all. to ensure that health care is accessible and affordable, and to educate and train americans to compete and thrive in 21st century. i profoundly believe that we all rise or fall together, absolutely all of us. so, mr. president-elect, madam vice president-elect, i promise you, i will do everything i can to help this country i love to build back better, to make our government deliver for all americans and for working families, and to bring the american dream far closer to reality for all. thank you very much. >>> good afternoon. over these past few days and weeks, we have announced members of our

just south of los angeles. nice to be back with you again. let me ask you about this.avirus cases, and now you've got the reality that you've got to figure out a way to distribute these vaccines without a robust plan having come from the federal government. where does that leave you? >> that's exactly right. and i think obviously we're seeing a spike of cases across the state. and while it's very heartening to have a vaccine on its way we as a city heard week after week the tests are on their way, the tests are on their way. that never happened. cities like long beach and all across the country had to procure their own tests. and the same thing is happening with vaccines. it's going to be up to us as cities, as counties, and states to do the work of vaccination. we'll be rolling out our vaccine plan next week in the city of long beach. we're expecting to get some initial batches here in just the weeks ahead. but it's going to be up to cities and states to do the work. and the federal government again is completely missing from this process. >> very strange. let's talk

south of us. it has been bringing rain to los angeles. that's not the main event for us. what you see on the radar now probably is not hitting the ground and will not bring us any significant rain tonight. when apple gusting at about 29 miles per hour. it is calmer into the south bay. here is what will happen tomorrow. we will start off dry and we will start to see the system tracking from north to south. that will bring us rain across the bay. we will all get in on it. the good news is bay area wide- there is that first set of rain heading our way on sunday. we will get a second hit of rain. this first storm on christmas day will bring a half an inch to three quarters of an inch in the north bay. a little less than that to the south. i will tell you about the second system and time that out with the extended forecast. >>> we will see you then. thank you. with no outdoor, excuse me, no eating indoors or outdoors, of restaurants, businesses are trying to figure out a way to make money. coming up, some creative ways restaurants and shops are working on this christmas. >>> h

amazing grapes opened its doors in the heart of orange county, a wealthy community about an hour south of los angelesit was the vision of greg schroeder... >> this is good stuff. >> a wealthy real estate consultant who loved collecting wines and decided to turn his hobby into a business. >> we had to drive 35 miles to find the nearest fine wine store, and i thought, "just open a store closer to home." >> today, amazing grapes sells some of the finest wines in the world, and while the business generates about $3.5 million in revenue, last year, they lost money... >> we have never seen a profit from this store in the nine years we've been open. >> and haven't even made a dent in paying down a debt that's well over $500,000. there are 17 employees at amazing grapes, but without a strategy to generate sales and increase profit margins, this business will be done before the end of the year. >> you're selling wine too cheap. >> let me stop you right there. >> i'm not done. i don't see myself walking away from amazing grapes. i'm trying everything i can to keep this alive. >> in the u.s., wine retailers gen

first united kingdom and south africa. now los angelesnty scientists are investigating if the new more infection history of coronavirus husband here already silently spreading across socal. this was hospital icu capacity there, close to 0% in some hospitals in the state. more on what they are trying to find out. christina. reporter: l.a. county's public health director said in an interview with the l.a. times yesterday the counties labs have started gene sequencing on samples collected here but it will take at least a week before we know for sure. it's unclear if the new strain is more lethal in the spring wreaking havoc in the u.s. for months but it's potentially infectious which is very concerning. the u.s. is requiring airline passengers from the uk to test negative for covered within three days of the trip and provide test results to the airlines. l.a. county's new investigation might show the new strain is already here. many travelers say they are willing to take whatever precautions necessary. >> healthwise, it makes sense. kind of

gatherings for the christmas and hanukkah holidays later this month robert oulds al-jazeera los angeles. south korea says it secured millions of coronavirus vaccines amid a growing surge of infections they are buying vaccines from for pharmaceutical companies an additional $10000000.00 doses will be provided by the world health organization the total is enough to cover 84 percent of the population but the inoculation program will only begin to monitoring other countries rollouts for a few months. of a broad joins me now live from saul tell us more about south korea's vaccine plan and particularly this bit about whiting to see how the rollout goes elsewhere. it is a very comprehensive plan and pearlie south korea has not rushed into into this it hasn't had to rush into this it has been unveiled this tuesday and obviously culminates in an awful lot of behind the scenes negotiations with the world's major pharmaceutical companies all the companies at the forefront of this vaccine rollout the likes of astra zeneca pfizer johnson and johnson and also as you mentioned there some vaccine will come fr

the best in los angeles. down in south bend to bid on skid row i thought that i'd still rather look. you're thinking way too much and it's obvious that this group has been like eric shaking his head we don't think in here it's ok it's ok we get out of our heads we trust our instincts our guts are stories don't think don't think sometimes i look almost sometimes i don't sometimes i tell people i told people i was on the street for they say i don't look like. i have a smile on their face. happy i'm excited i'm happy because i'm doing a living i'm living i'm not making any excuses i have things interest i'm in and i pursue all. people should not be on the street in the richest country in the world and getting something like we have some love food and water oh yeah i have a breed oh please one read oh god. yeah one spicy. ok. i have a strong faith in god i go to church and i read the bible a lot and keep my head focused on the bigger picture. and i pray cause something pray. i do things for other people that's a big one. jimmy

there's a fast-moving brush fire threatening more than 21,000 people just south of los angeles.winds pushed the bond fire to burn more than 1500 acres in orange county in a number of hours. jonathan vigliotti is tracking the wildfire for us. >> reporter: good morning to you. you can see how the wind here is driving these flames deeper into this canyon. take a look at this plume of smoke. we're talking about wind gusts up to 70 to 80 miles per hour with embers flying everywhere and sparking new fires. where we are in this canyon, pretty remote, but on the other side of it several neighborhoods. it's unclear at this point how many people were forced to evacuate in the middle of the night. the bond fire was sparked last night by a house fire. it's unclear how that fire started because the power here was turned off as a preventative measure to prevent flames like this from starting. another fire just south of here in san diego started overnight. it was quickly put out. the focus today, operations here on the bond fire, 2,000 acres and burning. zero percent containment. this has been

. >>> a dangerous fast-moving wildfire is slowing down this morning south of los angeles.he bond fire nearly quadrupled in size in just a few hours yesterday. pushed by powerful winds. officials say it started as a house fire. it has burned at least 6400 acres and is just 10% contained. but some areas that were evacuated are now allowing homeowners to return. jonathan vigliotti has more on this california wildfire season that just won't end. >> reporter: wind gusts reaching 70 miles an hour continued to drive this fire near neighborhoods in the canyons of orange county. >> the wind was howling. >> reporter: bruce mcdougal captured these images of flames that engulfed his neighborhood and destroyed his truck. >> the firemen were here and foamed the back of my house. and i think that saved it. >> reporter: bone-dry conditions gave the blaze plenty of fuel to grow. this is the second major wildfire to hit this area in the past two months. >> you kind of felt like you were safe for at least a couple of years from the brush that the fire had already come through, about two mont

equivalent of one death every 3 minutes but half of those deaths were here in los angeles county hospitals across the state from north to south east and west are overflowing some of the hospitals here in los angeles are running short on oxygen and other important supplies to treat cold at 19 patients hospital staff meanwhile are using every available. piece of real estate or every available bit of space inside the hospitals to treat patients there are some hospitals that have set up tent facilities outside in others they are being they are treating patients in core in conference rooms or gift shops areas inside the hospital lobby and there are reports now of some patients who have been taken by ambulance to the emergency room in the hospital having to wait in the ambulance for up to 8 hours simply because there's no space in the emergency room or no hospital staff available to give them medical care hospitals are of course critically short on staff during this huge surge some of them are being are preparing not yet instituting but preparing for tree that means that the patients who are most likely to survive will get get the

los angeles county 10000000 people live here how many i.c.u. units intensive care unit beds are left in los angeles county less than $100.00. south korea has recorded its highest number of coronavirus cases in a single day within a 1000 on wednesday alone is the 2nd time the tally has exceeded a pheasant in 3 days. aid agencies warn it's a race against time to save yemen as its humanitarian crisis is expected to worsen in the coming year as well as suffering war and famine yemen also has some of the highest mortality rates you cope with 90. straightly is launching a formal appeal to the world trade organization over china's decision to impose heavy tariffs on its barley in may beijing imposed 5 years of duties on the grain effectively stopping a $1000000000.00 trade which you countries have been in a trade dispute since a strictly a cold for an investigation into the origins of the corona virus pandemic but her arm has claimed responsibility for the abduction abduction of hundreds of school boys in northern nigeria the students were taken on friday from a boarding school in the northern state of katsina and aid workers are pushin

. ♪ los angeles county scientists are investigating whether a new more infectious strain of the coronavirus is behind the dramatic cases across so cal. last week in southina coleman is live in los angeles with more on this. hi, christina. reporter: right now scientists are checking to see if the new strain has reached the state as covered infectious continue to sort across california. public health director said in an interview with the l.a. times yesterday the counties labs have started gene sequencing on virus samples here but it will take at least a week before we know for sure. there's no evidence to suggest the new strain from britain is more daring. california became the first state to record more than 2 million coronavirus cases since the pandemic started. more than 19000 covid patients currently are hospitalized statewide and over 4000 are in intensive care. >> california is in crisis mode and the health systems. breaking record we do not want to break number of patients on ventilators, number of patients in icu. sadly, the number of mortalities we are witnessing. reporter: l.a. county, the state's most populous county reported 148 deaths is re

los angeles. still to come... southn given a pass to prosper in military service so they can continue to boost the country's cultural status and economy. “— country's cultural status and economy. —— have been given the victims of this disaster are the poor people living in the slums that had grown up around the factory. we cannot do anything. charles manson is the leader of the hippie cult suspected of killing many people. at 11 o'clock this morning just half a metre of rock and separated britain from continental europe. it took the drill isjust a continental europe. it took the drill is just a few moments to cut through the final obstacle. workers were shaking hands and exchanging flags with their opposite numbers. you with bbc news. a reminder of the top stories. the united nations secretary general, antonio guterres, urges people around the world to stop waging what he calls a ‘suicidal‘ war on nature. the us attorney general, appointed by president trump, says he's found no evidence of widespread fraud that would ha

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. southe in infections. the country was widely praised for its virus response earlier this year, with aggressive testing and contact tracing. but the authorities have struggled in recent weeks. the number of active cases in south korea now stands at 7,873, and there are concerns about rising numbers in hospitals. here, the organisers of a christmas market which closed afterjust one day when concerns were raised about a lack of social distancing say it won't reopen. hundreds of people crowded into the attraction in nottingham on saturday. organisers say plans were in place to manage visitors entering the site but the numbers were far greater than expected. jersey has recorded a daily high of coronavirus cases. the channel island has seen 96 new cases over the past 2a hours. there are now 516 active cases on the island, with positive tests increasing at an average rate of 60 per day. 17 people are in hospital. the duke and duchess of cambridge have started a tour of britain by train to thank ke

center of the pandemic in california is down south in los angeles county where they've recorded more just over a week city officials there say it's the fastest acceleration of new cases at any other time during the pandemic the surging number of infections is prompting warnings and has been for weeks asking residents to avoid gathering so hospitals can avoid the crush of covid-19 patients but for now the situation is very bleak as the county's case total now tops more than 610,000 people. heart attack if you get into a car accident. >>if you fall the lack or have a stroke. we may not have a bit for you we've had days within the services we've had to scramble to make bets. >>well 5,000 people were hospitalized with covid and la county yesterday alone and that's a grim record for the county. as the cases continue to skyrocket tele health officials are desperately pleading with people t not to travel in or out of the county in an effort to try and prevent the spread of the virus. >>and coming up this morning. the clock is ticking for the senate to vote on the stimulus package, we'll hav

system using gravity to deliver mountain-fed water 300 miles south from this remote region to the growing but water starved city of los angeles. >> he bought the land and bought the water rights and channelled the water through the valley. that's when the water wars really started. >> reporter: many locals claimed dwp stole the water, but to this day the agency owns almost 500 square miles of land up here, along with the rights to all the water that flows through it. much of it flows south to l.a., but for decades some of it dwp diverted to irrigate ranch lands. like the 1,600 acres leased by cattle rancher matt kemp and his wife maria. >> how much of this is dependent on water? >> everything you see. if we don't have water spread out through here, none of this looks like it does now. you can take these if you want. >> reporter: they're one of ten ranching families that work about 6,000 acres of irrigated land for generations. they say dwp would release billions of gallons of water a year to keep the fields green and the cows fed. then came a devastating five-year drought. >> and the culmination of the year 2015, dwp came to

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provine palmer from the school of medicine thanks very much for joining us from los angeles thank you for having me south korea's president has deployed the military to assist with expanded quinn virus testing and tracing as the country faces a growing new wave of infections more than 600 cases were reported on monday in the 30th in a row of daily triple digit increases health experts are warning here if this trend continues the hospital system could soon be overwhelmed more strictures of start to come into effect in seoul later on monday. and as well as opposition leader says he's still a leader of the national assembly regardless of the results of parliamentary elections counting is now underway for the votes which was boycotted by the opposition and the likely result is that present because majority for the consolidating his hold on power are latin america to lucien newman has more. it wasn't necessary to wait for the official election results to be announced to know the outcome as it jubelin president nicolas maduro made clear that we will help us here and see if we had the patience the wisdom to wai

los angeles over an inch and a half. the rain came in the southnd of the state which is not the place you want it. you want to rein in the north and. here is the big long-range model pick of the storm door stays open. there is tomorrow, there is wednesday. seek that weeks system through wednesday. a break on thursday and something slides through friday. it is nothing really, it is week. then saturday night into sunday morning we get one and then a pretty good flow develops after that ended tuesday, wednesday and beyond. hope we get back on track for wet weather and snow in the mountains as we get into the end of this week. when i come back we will look specifically at tomorrow and what you can expect for the new year's holiday. >> >> all right looking forward to that forecast. after the break new information on the christmas day bombing in nashville. hear from two people including a police officer who narrowly escaped that powerful blast. >>> later treaty coronavirus before icu care is needed. we are learning of a pilot program coming to californi

los angeles tonight. thank you. some cities in southlorida say they have no intention of enforcing a new county curfew, on new year's. the curfew is in effect for january 4th and bans people froc streets and sidewalks after midnight. on new year's eve, the curfew does extend until 1:00 a.m., but in fort lauderdale, they say they are just not going to enforce that. meanwhile, democratic governor -- further north, democratic governor andrew cuomo says he wants new yorkers to know nobody can skip the lines for a coronavirus vaccine. the state is threatening legal action against a medical clinic that allegedly distributed the moderna vaccine out of sequence with state guidelines, including people with pre-existing conditions. now, cuomo wants to give priority to recovering drug addicts. he said they will be among those vaccinated against the coronavirus this week in new york. taking priority over vulnerable seniors who don't reside in nursing homes. correspondent alex hogan has the very latest from new york. good evening, alex. >> good even

south bay continue to soar. right now, only 45 icu beds are available. that is about 13% availability. los angeles broke another record this weekend with more than 4,000 people hospitalized for covid-19. more than one-fifth of hospitalized patients in the l.a. area are in the intensive care unit. >>> the technology used to develop these vaccines was approved by the fda for the first time ever. if you've heard the term mrna, we have answers for you what it's about. the new vaccine is different because it doesn't use the virus like the flu shot. it's faster to make. pfizer has the first one of these that is a piece of genetic code or genetic code to tell our body to create a protein. >> it's not really a virus that will integrate like hiv does or a live virus could potentially could replicate in patients whose immune systems are compromised. >> pfizer may be the first to get approval for mrna vaccine, scientists have been studying this for years. the moderna vaccine the fda is considering for approval on thursday also uses messenger rna. they have to meet the same fda and safety effectiveness standa

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south of here. as you can see the oranges and the yellows in bakersfield and los angeles. that is rain there.at is 60 miles north. that would be more than that. 80 miles. that area it would be in here with significant rainfall. our dynamics as you can see, not a lot going on. we are starting to see light scattered showers. it is tough to get rain out of a system like this that is so far south. we will see showers, sprinkles, maybe if we are lucky 1/10th of an inch, a quarter of an inch. heaviest rains will be around morgan hill and santa cruz and san jose. it is the opposite of what we typically get. how does it impact you tomorrow? it will be a situation where the morning commute will be dry from the sky. a few sprinkles. this one, it is more common. the storm door is open. we are in a poe stoeugz -- position to see weather. we already have. get ready for tonight, scattered showers all over the bay area, you wake up at 9:00, most of the rain is over for us. it is light, but in the santa cruz mountains where they could get half an inch of mountains down in big sur. we are missing it. we are g

remember how earlier this year, los angeles enjoyed 3 weeks of its cleanest air in decades, well those days are now over according to the data from the south coast air quality management district the 2020 year will go down as one of the region's worst smog ever the region suffered intense heat waves and the worst air pollution since the mid 90's after march's whether cleanse the air. california's record setting fire season also contributed to the poor air quality closer to home counties in the central valley, including fresno we'll be dealing with those high winds today and speaking meteorologist john joins us more for the details good morning. john what a way to start the week we're back and we're looking at warm temperatures strong winds and. >>it definitely high fire danger still part of the pictures is as a result of both of those things and the dry skies we've seen now for multiple >>that's where we're starting this monday morning off at least we are crystal clear out there, no fog as you make your way into work this morning you'll be driving into work under some clear skies and with no fog on the horizon sunset a driving through low

south carolina, and the situation is worsening in california. it was the second state after call-up -- after texas to reach one million total cases. los angelesa focus. over 5000 cases a day. the city is within l.a. county, in that county has seen hospitalizations increase 94% in two weeks. we know la's mayor has issued an emergency stay-at-home order. here is more from him. mayor garcetti: my message cannot be simpler. it is time to hunker down. it is time to cancel everything. if it is not essential, don't do it. don't meet up with others outside your household. don't host a gathering. don't attend a gathering. and folwing our targeted safer at home order, if you are able to stay home, stay home. ros: well, let's hear more on that particular issue. the impact of the lag time between infections and hospitalizations. here is professor of medicine and infectious diseases at the university of california. >> it is a surge on top of a surge. when you think about christmas, that is a surge on top of a surge on top of a surge. so with thanksgiving, that was a record travel day for the u.s. for the year, with more than one million people traveling.

los angeles are facing their toughest lockdown yet. within days it is feared some hospitals in california could run out of intensive care beds. southising its coronavirus alert level to the second highest tier with infections rising to more than six hundred a day. the military is being mobilised to help with expanded testing and new restrictions on daily life are imminent. mark lobel reports. up to now, south korea has been dealing with the pressure of the pandemic with flying colours. like their students taking important exams in these even more challenging times. achieving top marks with the top testing and contact tracing. but their latest assessments do not look good, now that daily cases have risen to a nine—day high. —— to a nine—month high. translation: this crisis is different from the crisis so far. there is no focused target on epidemic prevention measures. this could result in a much larger spread which is incomparable to previous outbreaks. if the medical system reaches its limit, it will cause great damage to all of us. like other countries witnessing a resurgence in this crisis, it's introducing new measures. for thre

south bay are they overreacting. >>no i you know one of the most important things looking at los angeles has seen what lessons we can learn and i think we're all going to see increases because we haven't actually seen the brunt of thanksgiving search. as the governor said there's going to serve another holiday surge on top of that so some things are going to get worse and as one of the biggest factors is the higher the problems the more people are infected greater the likelihood that anybody who's not in fact is going counter somebody who's infected. so so the higher the prevalence the more likely you are to get infected. we're now dealing with an unprecedented level disease in the community. >>so robert that bottom line could it be as bad in northern california. as it has been and southern california. >>well both southern california northern california are kind of moving targets of the question if you're is it is the situation here going to get worse as it is right now in los angeles. the answer is almost certainly. it seems unlikely. we'll catch up with los just because again the problem says hi also when the prob

fight back rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles the brazilian city of nets roy is buying more than a 1000000 doses of the chinese corona vaca vaccine from the state of south palo as pressure builds on the hospital system there and across the country 180000 people nationwide have died from the virus that's a 2nd highest number in the world the federal government has secured a deal to get up to 100000000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine while no covert 1000 vaccine has been approved for use in brazil many hopevale and the pandemic of us. the vaccine is actually the instrument that will allow us to have a life back it will allow us to return to our lost rhythm without stress a print and the anguish for living in the situation we are living now. hong kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist jimmy lai has appeared in court to face charges for violating a controversial national security law lie was seen at the courthouse in handcuffs and chains he was detained earlier this month and denied bail police accuse him of colluding with foreign forces lies the publisher of apple daily which is seen as the last media outlet critical of the government's 25 years af

los angeles county. joe biden announces nominations for top posts in his senior economic team including janet yellen, who could become the first female us treasury secretary. authorities in southa and greater sydney as the state records no new coronavirus cases in 2a hours. as deforestation of the amazon ra i nfo rest as deforestation of the amazon ra i nforest in as deforestation of the amazon rainforest in brazil reaches its highest level in a decade, scientific analysis agree the paris climate agreement girls are within reach. and, why covid—19lockdown measures have seen a surge

bay and further south outside looking good right now that's why it's going to say here's that swirl that area of low pressure all the way down point conception now moving in los angelesn diego bringing them some rain but we dry things out here now for short at least a short range anyway after that things get very active tonight a few clouds a little star light out there tonight some patchy valley fog real possibility get some of that moisture on the ground now and so the temperature has dropped off to see some that moisture form in the some clouds the interior valleys tomorrow, sunny and bright though, and should be a cool day and then things really get unsettled as a pattern is really going to shift gears temperatures outside right now we've got 40's and 50's already seen or go from here all right lauren forecast this work it's really interesting as we head to the middle week we had a weak system that's going to kind of clipped the bay area maybe bring some showers in the north bay on wednesday, another one right behind that on new year's bringing a chance some showers and then things get really interesting that's when the pattern starts open up as we get into sunda

los angeles. joe biden announces nominations for top posts in his senior economic team — including janet yellen, who could become the first female us treasury secretary. authorities in southorder with victoria and sydney as they record no new virus cases in 24 hours. thousands of jobs thousands ofjobs at risk as arcadia goes into administration. covid lockdown measures has seen a surge covid lockdown measures has seen a surge in tv watching right around the

los angeles county. joe biden announces nominations for top posts in his senior economic team including janet yellen, who could become the first female us treasury secretary. authorities in southustralia are preparing to reopen the border with victoria and greater sydney as the state records no new coronavirus cases in 2a hours. as deforestation of the amazon ra i nfo rest as deforestation of the amazon ra i nforest in as deforestation of the amazon rainforest in brazil reaches its highest level in a decade, scientific analysis agree the paris climate agreement girls are within reach. and, why covid—19lockdown measures have seen a surge in tv watching and online streaming around the world. 0h, oh, my lord, everything has changed. the first of all, we have to be tested every single day. the governor of california, gavin newsom, has said he may impose tougher coronavirus restrictions in the next two days, including a possible stay at home order to counter a surge in cases in the state. the most populous county in the us, los angeles county, which has over ten million people living there has already taken such a step which will last for three weeks. mr newsom said projections sho

wishes of what happens in the major metropolitan areas like los angeles new york city chicago and we want all of our states including north dakota south dakota wyoming down the way are they all have equal representation in the senate and we want them all to have a say in who is our president it's it's you know it's a set up that has worked well for our country throughout its history although there are some people of course who would like to do away with that turn to a national popular vote system as it was pointing out of course that having so many legal attempts to overturn the outcome of this election almost all of them have failed does that make you hopeful or concerned about the u.s. electoral process. well i don't know that makes me hope for concerned i think that we have a lot of vulnerabilities in our system that ought to be plugged we should have substantial majorities of both parties having confidence in the outcome of the election whether they like the result or not i think it's important to address those issues and shore up those vulnerabilities there are some people who believe that there was massive fraud that occurred in